Sunset Boulevard
1950-08-10A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Joe Gillis
William Holden

Norma Desmond
Gloria Swanson

Max von Mayerling
Erich von Stroheim

Betty Schaefer
Nancy Olson

Sheldrake
Fred Clark

Morino
Lloyd Gough

Artie Green
Jack Webb

Undertaker
Franklyn Farnum

1st Finance Man
Larry J. Blake
2nd Finance Man
Charles Dayton

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Ray Evans
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Joel Allen

Courtier (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor

Editor (uncredited)
Anne Bauchens
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Accordionist (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Ken Christy

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
John Cortay
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Archie R. Dalzell

Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Eddie Dew

Hisham (uncredited)
Julia Faye

Phone Standby (uncredited)
Al Ferguson

Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Detective (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson

Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Doctor (uncredited)
E. Mason Hopper
First Assistant Director (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Arthur Lane
Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Meader

Hairdresser (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger

Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Harold Miller

Police Captain (uncredited)
Howard Negley

Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller

Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse

Fat Man (uncredited)
Jay Morley

Courtier (uncredited)
Eva Novak

Courtier (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor

Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor

Detective (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky
Black Man (uncredited)
Emmett Smith

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell

Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers

Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Camera Assistant (uncredited)
James Hawley
Bernice (uncredited)
Bernice Mosk
Courtier (uncredited)
Virginia L. Randolph
Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Roy Thompson

Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Warden
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
Finn Zirzow